The National Briefing

Crossing to Joe Biden’s statement on US Elections - Live

Guest: Sherwin Bryce-Pease - SABC News US Correspondent Guest: Prof John Stremlau is Honorary Professor of International Relations at Wits GUEST: Dr Bob Wekesa, Research Director, African Centre for the Study of the US, Wits University

Equal Education (EE), Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) and SECTION27 say they are still urging the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to develop ways to get National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP). They see this as a commitment to fulfil learners’ right to basic nutrition, even in possible future crises. GUEST: Nontsikelelo Dlulani – Equal Education

The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) says that motorists cannot be arrested for failing to pay for their fines. The agency says that the provision has been removed from the Aarto Act and the only way that law enforcement could get motorists to pay their outstanding fines was through issuing enforcement orders Guest: Monde Mkalipi - Spokesperson for the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA...

Guest: Brooks Spector - Associate Editor at the Daily Maverick

Guest: Ofentse Mokoena - transport economist Guest: Paul Browning - Public Transport Analyst Guest: Theo Malele - Spokesperson for the National Taxi Alliance

Guest: Dr Zakeera Docrat NRF SARChI Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Forensic Linguistics (Language and Law), African Language Studies, Rhodes University

Guest: Millard Arnold, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Carter Administration and

Police say gunmen stormed a residence in NY 78 and fired a number of shots, killing three women and four men. Two other people were injured and taken to hospital. Police are investigating the fatal shooting of seven people in Gugulethu on the Cape Flats on Monday night. GUEST: MEC Albert Fritz, Western Cape Minister of Community Safety

South African Businesses react to the announcements that the Covid19 TERS payments will be discontinued. Guest: Robert Legh, Head of B4SA Labour Work stream Chair of Bowmans Attorneys

Eastern Cape Cogta talks about the initiation season, and the appointment of their new HOD. GUEST: Spokesperson for Cogta in the Eastern Cape Mamkeli Ngam

New Tshwane mayor Randall Williams to appoint MMCs across political divide New Tshwane mayor Randall Williams has vowed to hit the ground running and deliver basic services with speed in the next 11 months leading to the 2021 municipal elections. He appealed to councillors from other political parties in council to set aside their differences in the interest of services to residents. In March, the...

French President Macron says that he understands Muslims’ shock over Prophet Cartoons. United Arab Emirates minister has called on Muslims to accept French President Emmanuel Macron on his statements on the need for “integration” in Western societies. Guest: Ebrahim Dean – Researcher at the Afro-Middle East Centre

We look at how safe people are in South Africa, given the level of violence in the country… Guest: David Bruce - Independent researcher on policing and Public Security Guest: Adele Kirsten - Gun Free SA director and spokesperson Guest: Duwayne Esau is the Strategic Communications Officer at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), a liberal think tank that promotes political and economic freedom.

Sean Connery has died at the age of90. He is popularly known for movie roles including the British secret agent James Bond. Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland has described him as a global legend but also, as a patriotic and proud Scot Guest: Tymon Smith is a freelance journalist with the Sunday Times

It has been revealed that a dead man was awarded a 50 million rand tender. .. Guest: Abram Mashego - City Press Senior Journalist

The Black Lawyers Association (BLA) has raised concerns over Economic Freedom Fighter leader Julius Malema’s fitness to serve on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). This follows his response to criticism on social media of his use of white legal representatives. Guest: Mashudu Kutama - President of the Black Lawyers Association

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has risen by one-thousand-371, taking the total to 726-thousand- 823. Another 135 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported bringing the total number to 19-thousand-411. Of the fatalities reported 22 are from the Eastern Cape, two from the Free State, 107 from Gauteng, and four from the Western Cape. The recovery rate remains at 90 percent....

John Steenhuisen has been elected the new Democratic Alliance leader. Steenhuisen emerged victorious at the party's two day virtual elective congress attended by over 2000 of the party's members. As the new leader of the Democratic Alliance, John Steenhuisen has promised that his party will take power from the state and give it back to the people. This was his message to delegates at the end of th...

New fraud and money-laundering allegations against former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste are now being investigated by the Hawks. According to a Sunday times report, his bank transactions involving hundreds of millions of rands moved between Steinhoff, Mayfair Speculators and other Jooste entities have been attached. Guest: Thanduxolo Jika - Investigative Journalist at the Sunday Times

We speak to trade union Cosatu about their stance on the Covid Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) GUEST: Matthew Parks, Parliamentary Coordinator for the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Cosatu

South African National Taxi Council has welcomed one of the resolutions at the conference of government focusing on taxi re-capitalisation. One of the resolutions at the three-day Taxi Lekgotla in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni was government’s committment to subsidising the taxi industry. Guest: Thabisho Molelekwa – Spokesperson of the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) Guest: Ayanda Allie Paine...

Britain's government says it will extend by a month its covid19 wage subsidies which is aimed at workers who are temporarily laid off. The subsidy ensures that they receive 80% of their pay. The Country announced a new England-wide lockdown. This as the country struggles to grapple with the Covid19 pandemic, still Guest: Sanusha Naidu, a foreign policy analyst with the Institute for Global Dialogu...

Guest: Dr Victor Shale Principal Consultant at Shalestone Elections and Governance Consultants. Guest: Advocate Sipho Mantula Researcher at the Thabo Mbeki African School on Public and International Affairs

Guest: Prof Serena Coetzee, head of the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria